LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[fluffycrow]

Seems like you two are doing much better with your Jade. I almost burnt mine to crisp last year, but she’s coming back. The cons of keeping succulents outdoors

 

[kattabelly]

Gay Black Swan Đads Make the Best Parents

Someone from the RSPB (main UK bird protection charity) did a great display about this and similar behaviours on other species, for their stall at our local Pride event this year

 

[TwoCrows]

Thank you TwoCrows, you give me far too much credit.

They definitely are fun little plants. Boring for some, but probably my favourite or second favourite out of all the succulents. They don’t grow like normal succulents, they split. Think of it as a reptile shedding its skin. Unlike a reptile, each split has a chance of the plant splitting into two. That is the only way these plants “grow”. The growth of each particular lithop is rather minimal, and they aren’t really supposed to stick out of the dirt too much. Of course, seedlings are different. Those grow quite a bit, but it’s a slow process. Lithops split once a year, after they are done flowering (and if they’re too young to flower, usually by November/December).

Here is one of mine, blending quite expertly with the soilView attachment 4188942. Isn’t nature just amazingly innovative?

Excellent info here Fluffy! Yes these are definitely plants that have evolved in a much non-conventional way unlike other succulents. Seeing them split for the first time was definitely strange for me! I have a total of 4 Lithops now, and yes all of them took 6 months to split and regrow. BUT they are definitely bigger this year and look more healthy than they did when I received them last year in June. If I've learned something along the way is that some shipped plants can take months, if not a full year+ to recover from being uprooted, stuffed in a box and shipped cross country. As hardy as succulents are, this is still shocking to some of them.

 

[TwoCrows]

Someone from the RSPB (main UK bird protection charity) did a great display about this and similar behaviours on other species, for their stall at our local Pride event this year
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This sort of thing definitely brings attention to issues we all need to know more about. Awareness is everything. This is wonderful!

 

[kattabelly]

This sort of thing definitely brings attention to issues we all need to know more about. Awareness is everything. This is wonderful!

I think you meant that more generally but the idea that orcas having gay sex is an "issue we all need to know more about" has just cracked me up

 

[TwoCrows]

I think you meant that more generally but the idea that orcas having gay sex is an "issue we all need to know more about" has just cracked me up

I was thinking more on the lines of wildlife protection knowledge within the LGBTQ community awareness in general. I probably need more coffee.

 

[fluffycrow]

I think you meant that more generally but the idea that orcas having gay sex is an "issue we all need to know more about" has just cracked me up

I was thinking more on the lines of wildlife protection knowledge within the LGBTQ community awareness in general. I probably need more coffee.

 

[fluffycrow]

Excellent info here Fluffy! Yes these are definitely plants that have evolved in a much non-conventional way unlike other succulents. Seeing them split for the first time was definitely strange for me! I have a total of 4 Lithops now, and yes all of them took 6 months to split and regrow. BUT they are definitely bigger this year and look more healthy than they did when I received them last year in June. If I've learned something along the way is that some shipped plants can take months, if not a full year+ to recover from being uprooted, stuffed in a box and shipped cross country. As hardy as succulents are, this is still shocking to some of them.

Gay orcas aside , you’ve done a lot more online succulent ordering than me, so your experience there is quite valuable! This is a very interesting, and dare I say shocking thing to read, as I’m used to succulents growing under almost any conditions, even after serious chops!

 

[TwoCrows]

Gay orcas aside

This is a very interesting, and dare I say shocking thing to read, as I’m used to succulents growing under almost any conditions, even after serious chops!

I've had better luck with choppings and near drownings than some of the plants that I have ordered on line. I believe it's due to several things, number one they are usually nursery grown among thousands of plants so the care your plant received may not have been the best, nurseries are always too humid for succulents too. The plants are then subject to shipping shock and then land in another part of the country all together. I guess I can't rule out my altitude of 7,000 ft along with our drastic temperature changes effecting their ability to adapt. Most all of them survived all of this but many of them took a while to wake back up. I am leary of ordering on line anymore now but I will in the future. For now I am pretty full up and they are all growing well! Of course I always WANT more plants but do I NEED more? Im gonna go with yes.

 

[OnlySympathy]

Learning about gay orcas is currently the highlight of my day